Modern interstates, conquering West Virginia's mountains, are opening one of the country's last tourist frontiers. Visitors are discovering the state's natural beauty, its excellent park system, glass factories, mountain crafts, quaint towns, and country inns. The state's two largest cities, Charleston and Huntington, are in the Metro Valley of the southwest. Visitors focus on the attractive complex of government buildings in Charleston, and in Huntington they may watch glassblowers at work in some of the state's many glass factories. Both cities have museums, theaters, art galleries, and shopping centers. The Central Lakes Region, the heartland, has beautiful unspoiled lakes, state parks, festivals, historic battlefields, the state wildlife center, and Stonewall Jackson's boyhood home. (Courtesy of Rand McNally http://www.randmcnally.com)